Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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