Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. 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 made better. To satisfy this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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