Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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