Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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