Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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