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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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