Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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