Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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