Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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