Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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