Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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