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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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