Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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