Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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