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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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