Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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