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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better understand these open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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