Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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