Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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