Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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