Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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