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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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