Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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