Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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