Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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