Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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