Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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