Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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