Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the 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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