Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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