Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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