Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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