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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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