Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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