Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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