Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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