Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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