Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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