Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning enable people all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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