Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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