Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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