Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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