Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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