Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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