Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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