Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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