Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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