Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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