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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the key 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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