Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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