Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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