Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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