Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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