Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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