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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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