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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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