Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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