Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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