Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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