Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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