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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning enable students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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