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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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