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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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