Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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