Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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