Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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