Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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