Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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