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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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