Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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