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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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