Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. 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. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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