Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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