Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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