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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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