Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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