Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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