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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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