Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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