Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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