Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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