Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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