Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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