Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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