Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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