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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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