Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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