Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies 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 handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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