Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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