Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses 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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