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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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