Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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