Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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