Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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