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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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