Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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