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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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