Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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