Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing 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. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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