Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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