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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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