Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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