Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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