Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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