Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always 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 variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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