Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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