Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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