Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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