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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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