Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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