Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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