Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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