Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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