Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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