Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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