Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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