Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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