Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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