Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning enable learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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