Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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