Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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