Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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