Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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