Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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