Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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