Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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