Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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