Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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