Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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