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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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