Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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