Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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