Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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