Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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