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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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