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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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