Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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