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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. People want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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