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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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