Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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