Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines 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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