Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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