Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education are empowering students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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