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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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