Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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