Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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