Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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