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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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