Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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