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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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