Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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