Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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