Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in digital education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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