Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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