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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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