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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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