Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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