Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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