Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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