Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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