Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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