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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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