Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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