Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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