Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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