Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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