Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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