Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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