Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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