Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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