Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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