Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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