Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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