Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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