Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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