Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major 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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