Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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