Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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