Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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