Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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