Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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