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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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