Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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