Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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