Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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