Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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