Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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