Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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