Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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