Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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