Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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