Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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