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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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