Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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