Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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