Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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