Find out more about the interesting 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 (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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