Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses 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 institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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