Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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