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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education