Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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