Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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