Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the 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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