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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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