Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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