Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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