Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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