Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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