Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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