Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are 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 topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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