Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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