Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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