Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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