Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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