Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning technology enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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