Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses 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 free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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