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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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