Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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