Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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