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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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