Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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