Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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