Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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