Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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