Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education