Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. 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. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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