Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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