Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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