Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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