Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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