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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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