Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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