Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive these open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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