Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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