Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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