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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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