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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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