Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have enabled humans 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. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Courses For Credit