Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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