Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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