Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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