Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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