Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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