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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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