Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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