Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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