Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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