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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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