Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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