Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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