Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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