Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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