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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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