Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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