Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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