Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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