Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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