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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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