Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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