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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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