Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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