Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning make it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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