Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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