Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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