Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses 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 numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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