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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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