Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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