Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning make it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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