Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key 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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