Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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