Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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