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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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