Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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