Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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