Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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