Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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