Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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