Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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