Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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