Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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