Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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