Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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