Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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