Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. 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 almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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