Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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