Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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