Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Instructional Design