Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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