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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important 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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