Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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