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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education have enabled learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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