Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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