Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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