Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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