Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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