Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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