Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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