Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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