Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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