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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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