Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever 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 we assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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