Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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