Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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