Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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