Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free 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 numerous issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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