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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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