Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like 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. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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