Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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