Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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