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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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