Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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