Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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