Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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