Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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