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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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