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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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