Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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