Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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