Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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