Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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