Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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