Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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