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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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