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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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