Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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