Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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