Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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