Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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