Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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