Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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