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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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