Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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