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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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