Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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