Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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