Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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