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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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