Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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