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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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