Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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