Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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