Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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