Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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