Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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