Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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