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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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