Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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