Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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