Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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