Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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