Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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