Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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