Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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