Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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