Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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