Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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