Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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