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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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