Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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