Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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