Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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