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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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