Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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