Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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