Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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