Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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