Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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