Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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