Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that online education organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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