Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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