Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology enable students all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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