Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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