Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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