Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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