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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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