Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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