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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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