Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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