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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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