Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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