Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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