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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. People want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the key 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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