Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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