Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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