Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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