Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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