Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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