Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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