Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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