Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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