Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology enable students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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