Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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