Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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