Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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