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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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