Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. 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. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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