Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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