Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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