Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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