Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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