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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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