Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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