Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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