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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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