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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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