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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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