Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology enable learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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