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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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