Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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