Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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