Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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