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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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