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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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