Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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