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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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