Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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