Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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