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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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