Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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