Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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