Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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