Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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