Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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