Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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