Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire 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 topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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