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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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