Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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