Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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