Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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