Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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