Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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