Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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