Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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