Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes 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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