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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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