Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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