Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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