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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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