Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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