Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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