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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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