Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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