Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education have empowered learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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