Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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