Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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