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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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