Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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