Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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