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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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