Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important 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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