Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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