Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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