Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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