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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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