Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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