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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand these new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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