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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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