Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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