Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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