Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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