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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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