Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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