Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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