Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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