Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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