Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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