Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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