Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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