Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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