Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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