Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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