Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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