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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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