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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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