Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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