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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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