Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend these open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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