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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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