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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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