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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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