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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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