Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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