Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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