Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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