Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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