Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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