Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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