Find out more about the exciting 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. Recent advancements in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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