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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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