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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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