Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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