Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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