Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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