Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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