Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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