Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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