Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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