Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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