Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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