Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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