Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning enable learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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