Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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