Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these open education ventures. 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 improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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