Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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