Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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