Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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