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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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