Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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