Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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