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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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