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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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