Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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